The Architecture of AI Advantage: How leaders who govern their data will define the AI era
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a technology investment—it is a strategic one. The organizations pulling ahead are not those with the most advanced models, but those making deliberate decisions about their data: how it is governed, where it resides, and how it is used.
Join Canadian Club Toronto on May 13, when Tom Jenkins, Chair of OpenText and one of Canada’s leading voices on enterprise data and AI, examines what it takes to move from AI experimentation to real execution.
Drawing on his work in Enterprise Artificial Intelligence and the newly released The Agentic AI Genome, Jenkins will explore how leading organizations are redesigning workflows, treating data as a strategic asset, and building the governance required to deploy AI with confidence. This discussion will also consider the broader implications for Canada. Decisions around data infrastructure, sovereignty, and partnerships are no longer technical—they are central to national competitiveness. Mr. Jenkins will be joined in conversation by John Stackhouse, SVP, RBC.
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One of Canada’s leading experts on innovation and digital technologies, Tom Jenkins is the Chair of OpenText Corporation, the largest software and cloud company in Canadian history and one of the most successful internet companies in the world. Tom has served or continues to serve on the boards of OpenText Corporation, Manulife Financial, Thomson Reuters, TransAlta Corporation, BMC Corporation, and Slater Steel. He also served as the Chair of the National Research Council of Canada. He received his commission as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces and as the Honorary Colonel of an infantry regiment and a fighter squadron in the Canadian Armed Forces. He was the 10th Chancellor of the University of Waterloo, and he was inducted as a Companion into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame. Tom is a recipient of the Federal Republic of German Order of Merit (Knight’s Cross), and he is an Officer of the Order of Canada. Tom has authored many business books on digital innovation and co-authored Ingenious: How Canadian Innovators Made the World Smarter, Smaller, Kinder, Safer, Healthier, Wealthier, and Happier, with David Johnston, the former Governor General of Canada.
John Stackhouse is a nationally bestselling author and one of Canada’s leading voices on innovation and economic disruption. He is Senior Vice-President in the Office of the CEO at Royal Bank of Canada, leading the organization’s research and thought leadership on economic, technological and social change.
Previously, John was editor-in-chief of the Globe and Mail and editor of Report on Business. He is a senior fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute and the Munk School for Global Affairs and Public Policy, and sits on the Board of the Canadian International Council.
John’s latest book, Planet Canada: How Our Expats Are Shaping the Future, explores the untapped resource of the millions of Canadians who don’t live in Canada but exert their influence from afar.
